Food security key issue in mekong dam debate
Not only is the waterway home to millions of people, but the freshwater fish it supplies is a major food source for the people of four different countries
- Published: 11/12/2011 at 02:57 AM
- Newspaper section: News
The ministerial meeting to decide the fate of the controversial Xayaburi hydropower dam in Laos ended last week without a clear decision on whether member states of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) would oppose the project.
NET PROFITS: Cambodian fishermen at Tonle Sap using traditional black nets to catch fish. PHOTO: PIYAPORN WONGRUANG
This could open the way for the Lao government and the Thai construction company Ch Karnchang to continue work on the dam without facing the criticism that it has breached the 1995 Mekong Agreement which requires consensus from its member states: Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos.
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About the author
- Writer: Piyaporn Wongruang
- Position: Reporter
